OHB Golden West Package Bees – Shipped Nationwide!

HillCo is excited to announce that we are now offering the full lineup of OHB package bees, shipped anywhere in the lower 48 states via USPS Priority Mail. Week 1 = The week of April 6th Week 2 = The week of April 13th We will communicate the season progresses to pin down the ship date. The Golden West Story Developed by Randy Oliver and his sons at Golden West Bees, these queens come from a highly respected operation that runs 1,500 hives, pollinates almonds, and produces thousands of nucs—all without synthetic miticides since 2001. Their selective breeding program began when they discovered a colony with zero mites in 2017—leading to years of data-driven selection from their healthiest, most mite-resistant, gentle, and productive colonies. By 2023, some yards saw over half their colonies maintain mite levels below 2% all season, even in high-drift environments and without treatments. While the genetics aren’t fully fixed yet, beekeepers currently have about a 50% chance of get